U.S. History
Unit 4 Project: The New Republic (Chapters 11-13) Unit Theme = Expansion
Time Period = 1800-1860
Unit 4 Project Workspace
Period 8
Directions: This document serves many purposes.
1. Place your name in one of the available spots. We will use this list in class to determine the order of presentations.
2. Record your preliminaryproject topic. 3. Replace your preliminary topic with a narrowed research question/issue. Let others know precisely what you are researching
4. Replace your research question/issue with a learningobjective for your presentation. What specifically do you want your audience to be able to do after hearing your presentation.
5. List the type of visual aid that you will be using during your presentation. 6. I also need to know the title of your project and the type of higher level thinking you have chosen.
Student Name
Step 1: Preliminary Topic Step 2: Research Question/Issue Step 3: Objective(s) for the presentation Step 4: Add trigger words for higher level thinking tasks
Type of
Visual Aid
1. Katie Brown
Topic: Manifest Destiny Title: Manifest Destiny: The Era of Divine Intervention Objective: That everyone will be able to explain the main events of this movement and compare them to modern day occurances. Trigger Word (analysis): Explain Trigger Word (evaluation): Compare/ Contrast
powerpoint
2 Airen Lowenstein
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Topic: Seneca Falls Convention Title: Man vs. Woman: The Beginning of the Battle Objective:
1) For students to explain what the Seneca Falls Convention was.
2) For students to create their own plan of action if one of their rights did not exist.
3) For students to explain what Womens Suffrage is. Trigger Word (analysis): handout Trigger Word (evaluation): devise
Powerpoint
3 Maria Ressler
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Topic: Morse Code, Samuel F.B. Morse Title: Dots and Dashes: The Morse Code Revolution Objective: The class should be able to name the man who invented Morse Code and name two ways Morse Code improved communication. Trigger Word (analysis): Translate (handout) Trigger Word (evaluation): Determine
Model
4 Kai Chen
Topic: Texas Revolution Title: Texas Revolution: Mexico's Troubles Objective: Students should be able to know the reasons that started the war. Trigger Word (analysis): Organize Trigger Word (evaluation): Judge
Powerpoint
5 Ellie DePastino
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Topic: Life as a Pioneer Title: Life as a Pioneer: Hardships Out West Objective: Students should be able to identify 3 hardships early pioneers went through. Trigger Word (analysis): Dissect Trigger Word (evaluation): Decide
6 David Robinson
Topic: The Louisiana Purchase Title: Expanding a Young Country: The Louisiana Purchase Objective: For students to be able to explain what happened during the Louisiana purchase and where it expanded. Trigger Word (analysis): Analze Trigger Word (evaluation): Handout
Poster
7 Keeley Foor
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Topic: The Telegraph: Morse Code Title: The Telegraph: Old Fashioned Communication Objective: For students to be able to message something using Morse code and be able to list at least two ways the telegraph helped to improve lives of Americans. Trigger Word (analysis): Dissect Trigger Word (evaluation): Evaluate; the importance of the telegraph in America and the world
PowerPoint
8. Brent Saxton
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Topic: The Oregon Trail Title: Survival of the Fittest: The Oregon Trail Objective: By the end of my presentation, the students should be able to describe the difficulty and hardship faced on the trail, as well as some common decisions necessary for survival and some of the common landmarks and events that pioneers passed or faced on trail Trigger Word (analysis): List some of the landmarks passed on the Trail Trigger Word (evaluation): Pick whether or not the they would take Sublette Cutoff or not and back that decision up with a brief explanation
Poster
9 John Petrolias
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Topic: Manifest Destiny Title: Manfest Destiny: The Goal That Changed The Course of Westward Expansion Objective: Students should be able to explain what Manifest Destiny is and who invented the idea of it. Trigger Word (analysis): Outline Trigger Word (evaluation): Validate
Powerpoint
10 Krishna Vakil
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Topic: Sojourner Truth Title: Sojourner Truth: Ain't I A Woman Objective: the students will be able to list some of Truth's accomplishments Trigger Word (analysis): table(handout) Trigger Word (evaluation):handout
powerpoint
11 Caleb Reynolds
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Topic: The Battle of Chapultepec Title: The Battle of Chapultepec: A Castle Destroyed Objective: For students to be able to identify the American's strategy in the Battle of Chapultepec. Trigger Word (analysis): Analyze Trigger Word (evaluation): Discard
poster
12. Alexa Ward
Topic: The Texas Alamo Title: The Texas Alamo: The Battle of Independence Objective: What was the outcome of the battle and how did it change the future? Trigger Word (analysis): Analyze Trigger Word (evaluation): Students should be able to indentify the outcome of the war and how it changed Texas.
Poster
13 Sarah Matrascia
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Topic: California Gold Rush Title: The California Gold Rush Why its was Created Objective: Student should be able to explain who the founder of the Gold Rush was and why he wanted to keep the founding of gold a secret. Trigger Word (analysis): Hand out Trigger Word (evaluation): . Students should evaluate the Gold Rush discovery.
Rank 1 through 10 for it either being a positive outcome or a negative outcome.
PowerPoint
14 Will Hughes
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Topic: Cotten Plantations Title: Cotton is King!: The real reason for expantion! Objective: For students to be able to identify why cotten plantation owener were moving west. Trigger Word (analysis): Compare and contrast Trigger Word (evaluation): Students should be able to identify how cotton plantations affected westward expantion
Map
15 Kara Acunto
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Topic: Harriet Tubman Title: Harriet Tubman: A Champion Against Slavery Objective: The students should be able to describe what role Harriet Tubman played as a activist against slavery. Trigger Word (analysis): Motives Trigger Word (evaluation): (Did) she choose a whise course of action?
PowerPoint
16 Mackenzie Flaherty
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Title: Becoming America: The Arts of Early America Objective: Students will be able to know what other county's influenced American arts and compare their similarities. Trigger Word (analysis): Compare Trigger Word (evaluation): Rank from 1 to 5 how original the Americans were with creating their own style
PowerPoint
17 Mairin Plant
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Topic: Mexican War from the Mexican point of view Title: A Different Perspective: The Mexican War from the Mexican Point of View Objective: Students should be able to identify reasons why the Mexicans were against the war. Trigger Word (analysis): Analyze Trigger Word (evaluation):Determine
Poster
18 Alex Needles
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Topic: The Erie Canal Title:Clinton's Ditch Objective: The Students will be able to explain when the Erie Canal was built. Trigger Word (analysis): ? Trigger Word (evaluation): ?
Powerpoint
19 Kelli Cochran
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Topic: The Underground Railroad Title: The Path to Freedom Objective: For the students to understand the concept of the Underground Railroad and for them to know who, what, when, where, and why. Trigger Word (analysis): Catagorized Trigger Word (evaluation): Conclude
powerpoint?
20 Zach Crates
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Topic: Eli Whitney Title: Eli Whitney: The Key to Economy in the South Objective: For students to understand what the Cotton Gin and Interchangeable Parts were. Trigger Word (analysis): ? Trigger Word (evaluation): ?
PowerPoint
21 Maggie Pratt
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Topic: Henry Clay Title: Henry Clay: The Missouri Compromise Objective: Students will be able to say what the Missouri Compromise was. Trigger Word (analysis): Handout Trigger Word (evaluation): Explain
Poster
22 Jack O'Reilly-Tanner
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Topic: Nat Turner Title: The Rebellion of the century Objective: To explain how the violence in the nat turner rebellion hindered rather that helped the resolution of the slavery issue. Trigger Word (analysis): ? Trigger Word (evaluation): ?
PowerPoint
23 Daniel Steele
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Topic: The Sante Fe Trail Title: The Sante Fe Trail: The Trail of Expansion Objective: Students should know where they started their expedition and where the trail ended, and about how far the trail was. Trigger Word (analysis): Order/Organize Trigger Word (evaluation): Consequences
PowerPoint
24 Zach Henninger
Topic: La Amistad Title: La Amistad: A Slave Mutiny is Defended by a Former President Objective: The students will learn what happened on the Amistad and how the case became famous in a U.S. Court. Trigger Word (analysis): Explain Trigger Word (evaluation): Differentiate the views of Americans about slavery during this time.
PowerPoint
25 Sam Cooper
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Topic: the Donner Party Title: Westward Expansion Gone Wrong: The Donner Party Objective: Students should be able to describe what events led to the downfall of the Donner Party Trigger Word (analysis): ? Trigger Word (evaluation): ?
Unit 4 Project: The New Republic (Chapters 11-13)
Unit Theme = Expansion
Time Period = 1800-1860
Unit 4 Project Workspace
Period 8
Directions: This document serves many purposes.
1. Place your name in one of the available spots. We will use this list in class to determine the order of presentations.
2. Record your preliminary project topic.
3. Replace your preliminary topic with a narrowed research question/issue. Let others know precisely what you are researching
4. Replace your research question/issue with a learning objective for your presentation. What specifically do you want your audience to be able to do after hearing your presentation.
5. List the type of visual aid that you will be using during your presentation.
6. I also need to know the title of your project and the type of higher level thinking you have chosen.
Step 2: Research Question/Issue
Step 3: Objective(s) for the presentation
Step 4: Add trigger words for higher level thinking tasks
Visual Aid
Title: Manifest Destiny: The Era of Divine Intervention
Objective: That everyone will be able to explain the main events of this movement and compare them to modern day occurances.
Trigger Word (analysis): Explain
Trigger Word (evaluation): Compare/ Contrast
ok
Title: Man vs. Woman: The Beginning of the Battle
Objective:
1) For students to explain what the Seneca Falls Convention was.
2) For students to create their own plan of action if one of their rights did not exist.
3) For students to explain what Womens Suffrage is.
Trigger Word (analysis): handout
Trigger Word (evaluation): devise
ok
Title: Dots and Dashes: The Morse Code Revolution
Objective: The class should be able to name the man who invented Morse Code and name two ways Morse Code improved communication.
Trigger Word (analysis): Translate (handout)
Trigger Word (evaluation): Determine
Title: Texas Revolution: Mexico's Troubles
Objective: Students should be able to know the reasons that started the war.
Trigger Word (analysis): Organize
Trigger Word (evaluation): Judge
ok
Title: Life as a Pioneer: Hardships Out West
Objective: Students should be able to identify 3 hardships early pioneers went through.
Trigger Word (analysis): Dissect
Trigger Word (evaluation): Decide
Title: Expanding a Young Country: The Louisiana Purchase
Objective: For students to be able to explain what happened during the Louisiana purchase and where it expanded.
Trigger Word (analysis): Analze
Trigger Word (evaluation): Handout
ok
Title: The Telegraph: Old Fashioned Communication
Objective: For students to be able to message something using Morse code and be able to list at least two ways the telegraph helped to improve lives of Americans.
Trigger Word (analysis): Dissect
Trigger Word (evaluation): Evaluate; the importance of the telegraph in America and the world
ok
Title: Survival of the Fittest: The Oregon Trail
Objective: By the end of my presentation, the students should be able to describe the difficulty and hardship faced on the trail, as well as some common decisions necessary for survival and some of the common landmarks and events that pioneers passed or faced on trail
Trigger Word (analysis): List some of the landmarks passed on the Trail
Trigger Word (evaluation): Pick whether or not the they would take Sublette Cutoff or not and back that decision up with a brief explanation
ok
Title: Manfest Destiny: The Goal That Changed The Course of Westward Expansion
Objective: Students should be able to explain what Manifest Destiny is and who invented the idea of it.
Trigger Word (analysis): Outline
Trigger Word (evaluation): Validate
OK
Title: Sojourner Truth: Ain't I A Woman
Objective: the students will be able to list some of Truth's accomplishments
Trigger Word (analysis): table(handout)
Trigger Word (evaluation):handout
ok
Title: The Battle of Chapultepec: A Castle Destroyed
Objective: For students to be able to identify the American's strategy in the Battle of Chapultepec.
Trigger Word (analysis): Analyze
Trigger Word (evaluation): Discard
Title: The Texas Alamo: The Battle of Independence
Objective: What was the outcome of the battle and how did it change the future?
Trigger Word (analysis): Analyze
Trigger Word (evaluation): Students should be able to indentify the outcome of the war and how it changed Texas.
OK
Title: The California Gold Rush Why its was Created
Objective: Student should be able to explain who the founder of the Gold Rush was and why he wanted to keep the founding of gold a secret.
Trigger Word (analysis): Hand out
Trigger Word (evaluation): . Students should evaluate the Gold Rush discovery.
Rank 1 through 10 for it either being a positive outcome or a negative outcome.
ok
Title: Cotton is King!: The real reason for expantion!
Objective: For students to be able to identify why cotten plantation owener were moving west.
Trigger Word (analysis): Compare and contrast
Trigger Word (evaluation): Students should be able to identify how cotton plantations affected westward expantion
ok
Title: Harriet Tubman: A Champion Against Slavery
Objective: The students should be able to describe what role Harriet Tubman played as a activist against slavery.
Trigger Word (analysis): Motives
Trigger Word (evaluation): (Did) she choose a whise course of action?
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Objective: Students will be able to know what other county's influenced American arts and compare their similarities.
Trigger Word (analysis): Compare
Trigger Word (evaluation): Rank from 1 to 5 how original the Americans were with creating their own style
OK
Title: A Different Perspective: The Mexican War from the Mexican Point of View
Objective: Students should be able to identify reasons why the Mexicans were against the war.
Trigger Word (analysis): Analyze
Trigger Word (evaluation): Determine
ok
Title:Clinton's Ditch
Objective: The Students will be able to explain when the Erie Canal was built.
Trigger Word (analysis): ?
Trigger Word (evaluation): ?
OK
Title: The Path to Freedom
Objective: For the students to understand the concept of the Underground Railroad and for them to know who, what, when, where, and why.
Trigger Word (analysis): Catagorized
Trigger Word (evaluation): Conclude
ok
Title: Eli Whitney: The Key to Economy in the South
Objective: For students to understand what the Cotton Gin and Interchangeable Parts were.
Trigger Word (analysis): ?
Trigger Word (evaluation): ?
ok
Title: Henry Clay: The Missouri Compromise
Objective: Students will be able to say what the Missouri Compromise was.
Trigger Word (analysis): Handout
Trigger Word (evaluation): Explain
OK
Title: The Rebellion of the century
Objective: To explain how the violence in the nat turner rebellion hindered rather that helped the resolution of the slavery issue.
Trigger Word (analysis): ?
Trigger Word (evaluation): ?
ok
Title: The Sante Fe Trail: The Trail of Expansion
Objective: Students should know where they started their expedition and where the trail ended, and about how far the trail was.
Trigger Word (analysis): Order/Organize
Trigger Word (evaluation): Consequences
Title: La Amistad: A Slave Mutiny is Defended by a Former President
Objective: The students will learn what happened on the Amistad and how the case became famous in a U.S. Court.
Trigger Word (analysis): Explain
Trigger Word (evaluation): Differentiate the views of Americans about slavery during this time.
OK
Title: Westward Expansion Gone Wrong: The Donner Party
Objective: Students should be able to describe what events led to the downfall of the Donner Party
Trigger Word (analysis): ?
Trigger Word (evaluation): ?
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